William Addison Dwiggins
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican artist (1880-1956)
United StatesLived 1880 to 1956 · aged 76Fame46.4
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William Addison Dwiggins was an American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer. He attained prominence as an illustrator and commercial artist, and he brought to the designing of type and books some of the boldness that he displayed in his advertising work.
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![Dwiggins' Metrolite and Metroblack fonts, geometric designs of the style popular in the 1930s. Shown in a Linotype specimen in the revised form that saw commercial release, with the 'M', 'a' and other characters revised to resemble the highly successful Futura.[20]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Metrolite_and_Metroblack.jpg/1280px-Metrolite_and_Metroblack.jpg)
Dwiggins' Metrolite and Metroblack fonts, geometric designs of the style popular in the 1930s. Shown in a Linotype specimen in the revised form that saw commercial release, with the 'M', 'a' and other characters revised to resemble the highly successful Futura.[20]![A set of initials designed by Dwiggins for the Plimpton Press.[32]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Dwiggins_initials.jpg/1280px-Dwiggins_initials.jpg)
A set of initials designed by Dwiggins for the Plimpton Press.[32]
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Lived 1880 to 1956 · aged 76
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